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Staplehurst Neighbourhood Plan 2016-2031 STAPLEHURST NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN FINAL PLAN 2016 — 2031 MADE 7TH DECEMBER 2016 UPDATED PLAN MADE 6TH AUGUST 2020 Staplehurst Parish Council STAPLEHURST NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN FINAL PLAN Made 7th December 2016 Updated June 2020 and Made 6th August 2020 This plan has been prepared by: Staplehurst Parish Council, The Parish Office, Village Centre, High Street, Staplehurst, Kent, TN12 0BJ. Digital copies of this document can be downloaded from: www.staplehurst-pc.uk www.maidstone.gov.uk / 2 Staplehurst Parish Council / June 2020 / Final Plan / 3 BUILDING A STAPLEHURST FIT FOR THE FUTURE PLAN PERIOD 2016 — 2031 / Staplehurst Parish Council / Neighbourhood Plan / 4 doc. ref: 099_Q_200701_Updated-Plan Feria Urbanism is a planning and design studio that specialises in neighbourhood strategies, public participation and community engagement. Established in 2007, we have been involved in a diverse range of projects across the UK and have developed key skills in organising community engagement events to inform excellent planning and design. Contact for further information Richard Eastham | Feria Urbanism | www.feria-urbanism.eu + 44 (0) 7816 299 909 | + 44 (0) 1202 548 676 All maps within this document are reproduced from the Ordnance Survey mapping with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationary Office. © Crown Copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution and civil proceedings. The Maidstone Borough Council Licence No. 100019636, 2011. Drawings and plans shown are preliminary design studies only and are subject to information available at the time. They are not subject to measured survey, legal, structural, soil investigation, utilities survey, daylight/sunlight, topographical, mechanical and electrical, highways and access rights surveys, or planning permissions. / June 2020 / Final Plan NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN FINAL PLAN page 08 Planning For The Future page 10 Meeting The Conditions page 16 Strategic Planning page 22 Village Character page 24 / 5 CONTENTS Planning Policies + Objectives • Parish-Wide Policies 24 • Community Policies 28 • Access + Movement Objectives 33 • Village Heart Policies 38 • Gateways Policies 42 • Edges Policy 46 • Housing Policies 49 page 63 Next Steps / Staplehurst Parish Council / Neighbourhood Plan / 6 MAINTAINING + ENHANCING THE VILLAGE CHARACTER / June 2020 / Final Plan 1.1 THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN HAS BEEN PREPARED BY STAPLEHURST PARISH COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF THOSE THAT LIVE AND WORK WITHIN THE PARISH OF STAPLEHURST. 1.2 THE PLAN SETS OUT A VISION FOR THE PARISH THROUGH UNTIL 2031 AND IS SUPPORTED BY A SET OF PLANNING POLICIES AND A SERIES OF SPECIFIC PROJECTS. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING REGULATIONS, THIS PLAN HAS BEEN PREPARED THROUGH EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY CONSULTATION. 1.3 The community engagement process has informed the plan’s primary aims and ambitions. The plan must therefore: • Coordinate all new development proposals • As far as is possible, provide certainty regarding the future of the parish • Describe the necessary additional community infrastructure required to support a growing village / 7 • Strengthen and enhance the historic village heart • Improve choice over access and movement • Introduce high quality architecture • Ensure the feel of a village community is retained • Support more retail opportunities • Support continued investment in education • Make walking and cycling easier and safer • Create a happy and fulfilling place. 1.4 This neighbourhood plan comprises specific planning policies and objectives, all grouped under six policy themes. These are all supported by a strategic village framework, indicating how new development needs to integrate with the existing Neighbourhood Plan Boundary This boundary is contiguous with the parish boundary and therefore village. This plan has been informed by a series of distinct public engagement the plan policies apply to the whole parish. The neighbourhood plan boundary was formally approved by Maidstone Borough Council 14th January 2013. events, each using a wide range of different public consultation techniques. / Staplehurst Parish Council / Neighbourhood Plan / Final Plan / June 2020 ALL PLACES ARE EITHER GROWING OR DECLINING. NOTHING STAYS THE SAME. 2.3 There has been a settlement near All Saints church, Staplehurst since about 1000 AD and the village lies on the Roman Road from Maidstone to Hastings, now the A229. The road between Marden and Headcorn crosses the A229 in the centre to create a crossroads, known as Cuckold’s Corner. Residents work together to decide how best to describe their community and their place. 2.4 Most development was confined to areas along this road until a number of residential areas were built, mainly in the 1960s and 1970s and to the east and west of the main A229 road. The parish covers an extensive area of countryside, mostly devoted to farming and industries related to agriculture, and there is a significant rural population in the parish, including traveller communities. PLANNING FOR 2.5 Although the railway station is next to the A229, it is some distance from the church so that the built up area of the village now extends nearly two kilometres from the station in the north to just south of Pinnock Lane. / 8 THE FUTURE The station serves a wider catchment than just the parish and much of the 2.1 Staplehurst Parish Council recognises the vehicle traffic heading to the station brings people that live outside the parish. need to plan for the future. There is much value in Although many people travel out of the parish to work (and a smaller number preparing plans and policies that anticipate changes commute in), the community has large areas of dedicated employment land in to village life to help ensure an appropriate and the north west of the village adjacent to the station and sustains a large number coordinated response. Change is inevitable but how of voluntary organisations providing a diverse range of activities and services. the village responds to this change is what matters. In addition to children growing up in the village, there are also a significant 2.2 This neighbourhood plan represents the numberCuckolds of retired Corner people, (towards many Marden) living in retirement and care homes. first opportunity in the history of Staplehurst for the community to create a legally binding, statutory plan that explains how new developments must integrate with the existing village; sets out the expected quality of design for new development and also links housing growth to investment in new village infrastructure, including improved community facilities. These images of Station Road (left) and Cuckold’s Corner (right) reveal the significant changes that the village has undergone in the last century. / Neighbourhood Plan / Staplehurst Parish Council 4 / June 2020 / Final Plan COMMUNITY CONCERNS 2.8 Further analysis found that the need for affordable housing was fairly evenly spread between single people, couples and families. 2.6 The community engagement event in September 2013 revealed that a primary concern of the community was regarding the impact of housing growth on the 2.9 Given this background research, the neighbourhood plan seeks to directly character of the village. This reflected the findings of the Staplehurst Housing address the deficiencies in infrastructure (especially foul and surface water Survey 2010 (report by Tessa O’Sullivan, Rural Housing Enabler with support from drainage, community facilities, retail, access and movement) and the need for some Staplehurst Parish Council, Staplehurst Rural Settlement Group and Maidstone affordable housing to meet specific needs. Borough Council) that highlighted a widespread concern about new developments within the parish. Key findings included: NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN VISION • 454 (64%) respondents indicated that they could not support more housing 2.10 In response to this anxiety about new development in the village, development in Staplehurst combined with a recognition that some new affordable housing is desirable, the • 601 (85%) respondents felt that the current infrastructure would not support neighbourhood plan has been prepared with the express vision of: more housing, with the most frequent comments relating to access and movement, and retail and the inadequacies of both. 1. Maintaining and enhancing the rural character of Staplehurst village, its immediate setting and the wider parish. 2.7 Of the respondents who said they would support more development, 157 (22%) 2. Coordinating all new development so that it contributes to the creation of safe, felt that affordable housing for people with a connection to the parish was needed. sustainable, liveable and mixed communities with good access to jobs and essential services for all members of the community. / 9 3. Creating a robust yet flexible access and movement network appropriate for all modes of travel and for current and future populations. 4. Using land and resources efficiently so that new developments have a reduced demand for energy and move towards carbon neutrality. 5. Protecting and enhancing the natural and historic environment, the quality and character of the whole built environment and the wider countryside. 6. Enforcing the quality of new development through use of materials, details and inclusive design that responds to context. 7. Ensuring that land made available for development will be developed in such a way as to improve people’s quality of life, for both new and existing residents. 8. Delivering the community
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